Video statement of Major General Asif Ghafoor was released by the ISPR as well, confirming the arrest of the two officers and their court-marital.

“Reports started circulating in the media that two senior army officers were under arrest. Yes they are. There are two officers who are under military custody on the charges of espionage,” the ISPR director general says in the video.

“The army chief has ordered a field general court martial which is under process.” he added.